Mr. President, at this time I wish to give a short statement for the Record, and then I will ask for the Senate to consider the nomination of Winslow Lorenzo Sargeant, of Wisconsin, to be Chief Counsel for Advocacy, for the Small Business…

I thank my good friend, the Senator from Alabama. He and I have worked on many important issues together. He is not a member of the committee, and I appreciate that. But I wish to, through the Chair, let the Senator from Alabama know that…

If the bill busts the budget. Pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and section 4(g)(3) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, I move to waive all applicable sections of those acts and applicable budget…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend Louisiana State Representative Patrick Williams, who is currently making his annual 226-mile walk from Shreveport, Louisiana, to the State capitol in Baton Rouge to raise awareness for autism and…

Madam President, my amendment only kills the bill---- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time has expired.

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that amendment No. 3665 be called up and immediately considered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator…

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the whole be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To prevent the new government entitlement program from further increasing…

Madam President, I was very happy to hear the distinguished chairman of the Finance Committee absolutely promise that the ObamaCare bill will reduce the deficit, and the CBO projects that. The problem is, I think the American people have a…

Madam Speaker, I thank Ranking Member Camp for yielding me this time. We are talking about jobs, and this bill purports to be a job- creation bill, but I have deep reservations about one of the pay-fors in the bill. It is in section 301…

I urge support of amendment No. 3553. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Montana is recognized.

Mr. President, this amendment is very straightforward. It would repeal the ObamaCare bill. That bill is fatally flawed in terms of its core, and we do need to repeal and replace it with a very different, more targeted, focused…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To increase women's access to breast cancer…

Mr. President, a short time ago the distinguished majority leader urged there to be amendments to improve the bill, not to do any harm to the broader ObamaCare bill. This is exactly such an amendment. This amendment would pass my Mobile…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record two letters relating to my amendment. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: LSU Health Sciences Center, October 23…

I want to respond to what was just said about these tax provisions, and that is, the previous administration actually wanted to work through these treaties and recognized that there were some problems but did not just simply want to…

Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 3668 and ask for its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Louisiana [Mr. Vitter] proposes an amendment…

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To repeal the government takeover of health care) Strike all…

Mr. President, at this point I ask unanimous consent to set aside any pending amendment and call up amendment No. 3553. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The…